winter tires AUDI A8 2017 User Guide

Emerg ency assis ta nce
There are some restrictions on the use of the
spare tire. The spare tire has been designed spe­
cifically for your type of vehicle. Do not replace it
with the spare tire from another type of vehicle.
There are different types of spare tires availab le
depending on the equipment
c::> page 320.
Remo ving t he spare tire
• Lift the cargo floor by the plast ic handle
~fig. 283.
• Hook the hand le into the luggage compartment
seal.
• Turn the handwhee l counter-clockwise and re-
move it.
• Remove the spare tire.
Sn ow c hain s
For technica l reasons, the use of snow chains on
the compact spare tire is not permitted.
If you have to drive with snow chains and a front
tire fa ils, mount the spare wheel in place of a
rear tire. Insta ll the snow cha ins on the rear tire
that you removed, and install that in p lace of the
front tire that failed.
A WARNING
-After installing a spare t ire, the tire pres­
sure must be checked as quickly as poss ible.
- Do not drive faster than 50 mph (80 km/h)
with a compact spare tire. Driving faster
than that increases the risk of an accident.
- To reduce the risk of an accident, avo id fu ll­
throttle acceleration, heavy braking, and
fast cornering with the compact spare t ire.
- To reduce the risk of an accident, never drive with more than one compact spare tire.
- Norma l summer or winter tires must not be
mounted on the compact spare wheel rim.
A WARNING
- Never use the spare tire if it is damaged or if
it is worn down to the tread wear indicators.
- If the spare tire is more than 6 years o ld,
use it only in an emergency and with ex­
treme caution and careful dr iving.
- The spare tire is intended on ly for tempora­
ry and short-term use. It should be replaced
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as soon as possible with the normal whee l
and tire.
- For technical reasons, the use of tire chains
on the spare tire is not permitted. If it is
necessary to drive w ith tire chains, the spare
wheel must be mounted on the front axle in
the event of a flat in a rear t ire. The newly
ava ilable front wheel must then be installed
in place of the rear wheel w ith the flat tire.
Installing the tire chain befo re mounting
the wheel and tire is recommended.
- Loose items in the passenger compa rtment
can cause se rious personal injury during
ha rd braking or in an accident. Never store
the inflatable spare tire or jack and tools in
the passenger compartment .
Spare tire types
Fig. 284 Luggage compartment: space-sav ing spare tire
(compact spare tire)
(D Spare tire*
If you have to mount a spare tire oppos ite the
runn ing direction because of a flat tire, drive
ca refully and restore the cor rec t r unn ing d irec­
tion as soon as poss ib le
¢page 319.

0 co .... N ,..._
N .... 0 0 :c ' Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Swapping (telephone) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Switching the audio output off (RS E) . . . . . 195
Symbols
r e fer to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
SYNC (Automatic climate control) . . . . . . . . . 71
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
System update
(MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
System volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 10
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
T echnical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Telephone ... .. ............... 14, 146, 149
Connecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Dialing a number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Memory capacity (directory) . . . . . . . . . . . 1S4
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Storing a number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
T emperature disp lay
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Tether strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Tie-downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65, 214
r ,me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
tiptronic (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . 83
Tire mobility kit ................ ..... . 312
Tire Pressure Monitoring System . . . . . . . . . 302
r ,res . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Low aspect ratio tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
quattro (all wheel drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Service life 291
Tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . 301 , 302
Tire pressure table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Treadwear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Unidirectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Uniform tire quality grading . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Tires and wheels Glossary of tire and loading terminology . 285
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 295
TMC/TMCpro
refer to Traffic information (TMC) . . . . . . 175
Index
Tone (sound)
refer to Adjusting the sound . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Torn or frayed safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
touch
refer to MMI touch
136
Towing Tow trucks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Towing loop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329, 330
TPMS (tire pressure monitoring system) . . . 301
Traffic information (TMC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
RSE .... .. .. .. .. .. ............. .. .. 201
Switching reports on and off . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Trailer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Trailer towing Operating instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
p k' ar ing system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Technical requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89, 90
Train (transporting your vehicle) . . . . . . . . . 330
Transmission malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Transport Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Transporting your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Trip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0
Turn signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
u
Unfastening safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Uniform tire quality grading . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
V
Valet parking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49, SO
Vehicle Care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Out of service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 1
Raising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
V ehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Charge level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Winter operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Vehicle control modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Vehicle data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Vehicle jack ..... .. .. ......... 312,315,316
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Index
Vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Ve hicle too l kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Veh icle transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Ve nti la tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Version informat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196, 206
Video image settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Video playback combinations (RS E) . . . . . . . 202
VIN ................................ 333
Voice guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Voice recognition system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Sett ings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20S
Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Input level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
w
Warning/Indicator lights
Airbag system ............... ... 236,237
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Warning lig hts
refer to Indicator lights ..... ... .. .. .... 1 7
Wa rni ng tr iangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Was hing mat te finish paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
We igh ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Wheel bolts Replac ing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Wheels ... .. .. .. ............. .... ... 283
Clean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Glossa ry of tire and loading terminology . 285
Rep lac ing .. .. .... ........... .... ... 313
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 295
W heel wrenc h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
W i- F i ...... ... .. ................ .... 160
Media player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
W indow reg ulator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
W indows
Clean ing/ remov ing ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
D efrost ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
W indshield
Clea ning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
D efrost ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1
also refer to Windshield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
W indshield washe r system . . . . . . . . . . 50, 281
Rese rvoir capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
W indshield wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
350
Win ter driving
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Win ter operat ion
Cooli ng sys tem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Defrosting the windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Steering wheel heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Windshie ld washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Win ter tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Winter use Car was hes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Removing ice from windows . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Wiper b lades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Wire less headphones (RS E) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
X
Xenon -L igh ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 26
Xenon plus headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
z
Zoom (map) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172